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Soviet swimmer (1937–2021)
Georgy Yakovlevich Prokopenko (
Russian : Георгий Яковлевич Прокопенко ,
Ukrainian : Георгій Якович Прокопенко ; 21 February 1937 – 5 May 2021) was a Soviet swimmer who competed at the
1960 and
1964 Summer Olympics . In 1964 he won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
[2] He won three European titles in these events in 1962 and 1966,
[3] and set
two world records in the 100 m breaststroke in 1964. Between 1962 and 1964 he also set eight European records in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke disciplines.
[1]
Prokopenko was born on 21 February 1937 in
Kobeliaky ,
Poltava Oblast , then part of the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , in the
Soviet Union .
[4] He died on 5 May 2021 at the age of 84.
[5]
References
The winning 4 × 100 m medley team at the
1966 European Aquatics Championships :
Leonid Ilyichov ,
Viktor Mazanov ,
Valentin Kuzmin and Gennady Prokopenko
1958:
Soviet Union (
Barbier ,
Minashkin ,
Chenenkov ,
Polevoy )
1962:
East Germany (
Dietze ,
Henninger ,
Gregor ,
Wiegand )
1966:
Soviet Union (
Mazanov ,
Prokopenko ,
Kuzmin ,
Ilyichov )
1970:
East Germany (
Matthes ,
Katzur ,
Poser ,
Unger )
1974:
West Germany (
Steinbach ,
Kusch ,
Meeuw ,
Nocke )
1977:
West Germany (
Steinbach ,
Mörken ,
Kraus ,
Nocke )
1981:
Soviet Union (
Kuznetsov ,
Kis ,
Markovsky ,
Krasyuk )
1983:
Soviet Union (
Shemetov ,
Žulpa ,
Markovsky ,
Smiryagin )
1985:
West Germany (
Lebherz ,
Beab ,
Gross ,
Schowtka )
1987:
Soviet Union (
Polyansky ,
Volkov ,
Petrov ,
Prigoda )
1989:
Soviet Union (
Zabolotnov ,
Volkov ,
Yaroshchuk ,
Bashkatov )
1991:
Soviet Union (
Selkov ,
Volkov ,
Kulikov ,
Popov )
1993:
Russia (
Selkov ,
Kirinchuk ,
Pankratov ,
Popov )
1995:
Russia (
Selkov ,
Korneyev ,
Pankratov ,
Popov )
1997:
Russia (
Selkov ,
Korneyev ,
Kulikov ,
Popov )
1999:
Netherlands (
Zwering ,
Wouda ,
Aartsen ,
Van den Hoogenband )
2000:
Russia (
Aminov ,
Komornikov ,
Chernyshov ,
Popov )
2002:
Russia (
Alechin ,
Sloudnov ,
Marchenko ,
Popov )
2004:
Ukraine (
Nikolaychuk ,
Lisohor ,
Serdinov ,
Yegoshin )
2006:
Russia (
Vyatchanin ,
Sloudnov ,
Skvortsov ,
Kapralov )
2008:
Russia (
Vyatchanin ,
Falko ,
Korotyshkin ,
Grechin )
2010:
France (
Lacourt ,
Duboscq ,
Bousquet ,
Gilot )
2012:
Italy (
Di Tora ,
Scozzoli ,
Rivolta ,
Magnini )
2014:
Great Britain (
Walker-Hebborn ,
Peaty ,
Barrett ,
Proud )
2016:
Great Britain (
Walker-Hebborn ,
Peaty ,
Guy ,
Scott )
2018:
Great Britain (
Pyle ,
Peaty ,
Guy ,
Scott )
2020:
Great Britain (
Greenbank ,
Peaty ,
Guy ,
Scott )
2022:
Italy (
Ceccon ,
Martinenghi ,
Rivolta ,
Miressi )